Propulsion
Nuclear-thermal engines
Slower than a scout burn, but it moves something worth moving.
Nuclear-thermal enginesScout engines are sprinters. Nuclear-thermal drives are the freight of the fleet: heavier, thirstier, and completely indifferent to how impressive they look.
Every colonisation effort in X-Wars history rode on something like this, complaining the whole way.
What it does
Unlocks the Nuclear-thermal engine, up to level 15. It gates Colonization and Astrogation sequencing, and requires a small hull in stock before you can research it.
Requirements
- Research lab · level 3 or higher
- Component factory · level 2 or higher
- Nuclear power · level 1 or higher
- Small hull design · level 1 or higher
- Tier 2 processing · level 1 or higher
- Small hull · 1 or more in stock
Level 1 cost
- Pig ironTier 2240
- CrystalTier 2210
- OrizinTier 2143
- FrurozinTier 2105
- Maximum level
- 15
- Base research time
- 1m 30s
Unlocks
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Nuclear-thermal engines. Slower than a scout burn, but it moves something worth moving.. Unlocks the Nuclear-thermal engine, up to level 15. It gates Colonization and Astrogation sequencing, and requires a small hull in stock before you can research it.